Do You Really Love Your Country?

hi keshlois Quite a thought provoking discussion. First, Love for ones Country has nothing to do with living or making a living. If my country doesnt provide me a better opportunity and I can, I will definitely go out to find better opportunities. Reason: Country will exist for me only if I exist and my existence is my family's better living. Next - you mention - "in seeing a lot of negative news about the country." - Blame this on the Media who always takes pride to explode the Negative Issues (and make them blow out of proportion) and make money out of it. Do they ever show any goodies about the country? Even if they do, these are just short lived and printed on inner pages... not on cover page. So as the Negatives are the ones which are mostly flashed and highlighted many dont have a choice - like it or not, but this is the only thing that they (media) show. Personally - This is quite a subjective discussion and for me as I said above, my family is more important that the Country... and If I had to select, I would select my family. This does not mean I hate my country or neg it... it is just my preference and priority.

I love my country, its a nice place and full of wonders. I spent most of my vacation in my country.I prefer to go back to my country than to travel to some other country. Its my choose to leave my country because I'm not really sure of my future there because of other people manage my country and politics really disappointing.Don't get me wrong sometimes people got no other choice but to seek their future in some other directions.

I love my country, just not happy with a few things of its own. And true fully, my country really do not have scenic views that I can get from other countries. My country is very small in fact. Some may not even have heard it. Yes, it needs me, that's why I always return to it after a holiday elsewhere...

Hello,i really love my country.. and also i always do the right thing for the country..i cannot even forget all those of my country who have sacrificed their lofe to make India a freedom country..Now a days people does not do anything for the country..they just tell and do nothing..we should have patriotism... Happy Mylotting!!!

It depends on your personal views towards your own country, each and every person is different. Look at the war torn countries around the world, some leave and some stay to fight it out. That's a difficult post to answer to be honest, its just down to each individual and their personal out look on their own life. I would love to move away but then I see the war torn countries on the news headlines and think to myself, I am actually living in a most wonderful part of the world, why grumble?.

i love my country because of the rich scenic spots. but i also need a good paying job that my country can't give me. if ever i'll be going abroad for a tour, that's because i've to every nice spot in my country.

I live in the United States. I love America, but I HATE Obama, and I hate what he and our other elected officials are doing to our country....

i do love my country the united states of america and i feel blessed here, i dont always do alot such as sometime i dont vote and have not for awhile and i have not made aot of chagnges for my country but im thankful for all the great things my country give me such as freedom to choice my own religion and freedom to shop where ever i want and be able to make my own choice we are very blessed indeed and im happy to say im a mititary brat, and all my men family has served there country proudly and im glad they could help.. my brother has now retired at an early age from it.. and im sure he gave his all.. to make us have a better land and im proud of my dad for serving as well.. take care

The country I'm more than fine with, in general. The people who are running it, well I'm not quite sure if they are doing a shot. That is really just the thing about any country. It is a direct reflection of the success or failures of the people running the country. If those people tend to not really do a good job, then they will fall right straight. I just think that the people running things don't have the people's best interests in mind. It is rather a frustrating thing, as it really just makes everyone, from the people to the country in general look awful. And the attitudes of people get twisted a certain way. Then again, given the state of the world, I'm not sure that too many people will be in a position to do a good job.

The world is not perfect, even people and the country we lived. People have different lifestyle and different desire. They want themselves to be satisfied. Working outside the country or visiting to other country does not mean we love less our country. If the pay is low and our family is going to die for hunger, we must think of other ways to survive even if we must leave our country to survive. Unless you choose to die in poverty or you choose to die in hunger with your family, it is better to stay in our country to show our dedication and love for our county, but that would be very difficult. Some people left their country have different reasons. For example, they see a beautiful place, which is better than the place they see with their own country, and so they went outside the country to visit other countries. It is like within family. If a child decided to socialize to other people outside the family, the child does not mean he love less his family. He has a freedom to explore and learn new things, and admire new things. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” and it is not only for humans, but we, people also sees beauty in a different way.

Both my parents had left the country to find work. When they returned, they both suffered losing money to robbers and pick pockets so you could say they should have not returned to the country soon. My mother has grown afraid of the country because of the earthquakes too. But abroad she again suffered being robbed and another Filipina was brutally killed near where she lives. The problem when people get a job here is that the less fortunate would have nowhere to work for the jobs have already been filled and as result more would resort to crime.

We can't clear completely our memory of where we was born and grow up. We can change our nationality but can't change the character that's belong our nation inside us. I haven't contributed any "big thing" to my country yet but i am proud to say that i am a good citizen of my country. I have no idea to think that what my country does for me, I ask myself, what did i do for my country? If anyone asks me, do i love my country, i will say yes immediately. Why not? when it is where i grow up, where my family members living in, where i had many nice memories in childhood. And somehow, anywhere i live later, any lifestyle i adapt for survival, my nation character till exist inside me.

Very interesting question to ponder. I would say, I cannot say I love my country and I cannot completely say that I hate it. However, I guess I hate my country than love my country. However again it does not mean that I totally hate it. I still love my country, the culture, the people. Sometimes when I watched TV I got to compare my country from other country and I assume other countries are far better than the Philippines. When I look at all the issues and problems of my country, I just wish I had a chance to leave the Philippines. I envy those Filipinos who are successful in leaving this country and find new life in other parts of the globe.

This is a really great question. Thanks for asking it. In recent years, I have been greatly concerned about many things that I've seen going on in my country. I will still say though that I think I live in the greatest country in the world, but I am deeply concerned about the future and where we are headed. There are so many things we used to be able to count on as much as one counted on the sun to rise in the morning. Now? Not so much. In other words, people used to be able to work hard all their lives, save their money and then relax and enjoy a great retirement. Now, since 2008 when so many people lost that dream (and many other dreams) it just doesn't seem like we can count on the old standards anymore. We just aren't sure what the future holds. Even though I said something about the 'greatest country in the world', don't get me wrong. I would love to visit EVERY country on the planet. I would love to see all the beautiful places this planet has to offer, along with having an opportunity to see all the different cultures and how other people live. I'd love to try all the food too! I'm sure there are MANY wonderful countries in this world. At the end of the day, probably what makes a country great for each one of us is the opportunity to live our lives with good friends and family.

Yes, I do love my country, there are lots of beautiful things in the world but the place where you grown up is attached to you and you cannot remove it from you. In short, I love my country...:)

yes i do love my country but we all can't deny that we want a better place to work and live in. i want to be with my boyfriend in the states and work their with him. but it won't be long til that time comes. i just hope everything goes well. but i would love to come back her always.

I love my country but not to a point that I am willing to die for it. But other than dying, I do my best to help my country prosper. I help the economy by doing my part as an employee, working and paying for my taxes. I also help clean the environment by doing my share of keeping my surroundings clean. That's all I can do for now, but I know it would be a great deal if everyone does their share in loving their country.

I love my country. Despite things that happen in it, I still love it. Brutal acts and any type of crimes happen all over the world. I don't think that is a good reason to stop loving your country. Not even bad politicians are a good enough reason for doing so. My country is beautiful. You can go to the mountains and sky in winter, a sport which I enjoy a lot. You can also hike during summer in the mountains and in some places the snow never melts. During summer you can also go to the sea side. We have a big beach on the Black Sea shore. We also have plains, hill, not just mountains. We have muddy volcanoes and other interesting natural phenomena. We have a lot of castles and an interesting history. The vampire myth also started from my country. I really like it.